The Court has reviewed this confession and frankly, Reginald needs a moment because this one PHYSICALLY HURTS. You listened to a TWENTY-MINUTE VOICE MEMO explaining what is essentially the negotiation strategy of a toddler who wants ice cream for dinner — "just ask for more than you want and seem confident." That is not a framework, that is AUDACITY WITH A SYLLABUS. These buyers paid eight hundred American dollars to learn that offering forty percent below asking in a competitive market is somehow "leverage" when in fact it is the real estate equivalent of showing up to a sword fight with a pool noodle and a vision board. The Court notes with grave concern that you have now lost THREE HOUSES to this methodology, which means you are not a buyer's agent, you are a HOSTAGE. I once had a client who insisted on consulting a Magic 8-Ball before every offer and THAT MAN NOW OWNS A DUPLEX. The guru is guilty of theft by podcast, the buyers are guilty of being aggressively unteachable, and you are guilty of not developing a sudden and convenient phone problem every time they mention frameworks. This Court hereby sentences you to one act of radical honesty or continued suffering — the choice, as always, is yours, and Reginald must now go yell at his Roomba about jurisdiction.